Just wanted to announce that I've given my site a bit of an overhaul and a stylish new look ( I await with dread the news that it doesn't work in Internet Explorer). There's not much in the way of new content, though there is a new entry in the C.L.U.E. files.

The main thing is that it's now set up for me to add new material to it more easily and I'll be doing so in the near future. There's also an RSS feed to be notified of updates to the site.

It's amazing what you can do learn from the Internet, eh?

Peace,

-Khadim.

p.s. Link in sig for those who fail their Perception rolls.

dunno if it works properly for IE 7, but IE 6 doesn't like the links across the top (by hovering i can tell they're the CLUE files, shadowrun, home, D&D, and Art & Fiction =P

in my browser, at least, all i see are gray boxes though.

IE7 works better than that, but the hover-over function doesn't place the subcategories in a good area ... they over-write the main title.

Otherwise, it looks quite nice.

It looks great and works absolutely perfectly with Firefox 2 running on XP Home.

Vlad

nice site. PDFs are nice. works OK in Firefox 2.0.0.12

Good to see the site back up. It looks great and is working great on Firefox, but you've already been told that.

Yes. But I like to be told it again.

I'm not a web-designer and this is my attempt at doing a "real" site. It even has PHP code in it.

I had been warned that I was going to have problems with Internet Explorer, though. I don't actually have it on this machine. Thanks for the explanations of what's wrong. I'll see if I can find out what the problem is.

I wonder if the problem in IE6 is due to using PNG graphics. I now seem to remember being told that IE doesn't like them? PNGs are what I used for the top menu, so it might explain the grey boxes. The positioning of the pop-up menus, I'm not sure what to do about, but the contents can all be accessed by just using the main link and selecting an option from the main category page rather than the top menu.

Thanks,

-Khadim.

Actually I spoke too soon. The short questionair to help in character creation seems to not be working right.

Thanks. The file was hiding.

I found it and put it back.

-K.

Works well enough under IE for those of us who are eye ball impaired, whether it was intentional or accidental the titles on the graphics are much appreciated.

And when I say eye ball impaired, let me put it this way - all I am using right now is a pair of headphones and a keyboard. I don't currently have either a mouse or monitor attached to my PC.

Ok I decided to go systematically through the files to see if anything else was missing and these are the notes I made:

No Clue Files:
-File Number 10 has a title “File Number 1�

Shadowrun:
-Was there supposed to be an NPC roster 5?

D&D:
No Problems

Art & Fiction:
No Problems

It was something that I considered actually - hence the "alt" text. But I had no idea whether I was doing a good job on accessibility or not. And the colour scheme should also work well for those who are partially sighted, at least according to a web page that I read.

If you have any suggestions for anything else I can do to keep the site accessible, let me know. It wont be filling up with Flash menu systems, that's for sure.

-Khadim.

Fixed. Thank you.



It actually exists... on my hard drive. Each roster has a theme and number 5 details the psychologically disturbed. It needs a little tidying up, though. Roster 7 is tentatively called 'The Mighty' but only has one character at present - a cyberzombie. Roster 8 is nearly complete and consists of three different dragons with which to menace the PCs. I'll hopefully be posting all of these at some point. Getting the fiction up there is my current priority however.

Thanks for the extensive check - much appreciated.

-Khadim.

cool then. Well then there's nothing else I can find. Again, great site.

Well with FireFox 3.0 Add Block Plus and No Script the hover-over function does the same thing to me.

WMS

Thankyou for considering the accessibility aspects. Whilst I probably can't access the "hover over" stuff, truth is I can pretty much get about fine without it. Overall it will be perfectly usable so long as it isn't cluttered up with rubbish like the aforementioned flash, and there is basic alt text on graphical links. HTML headings are a bonus for some packages too, since the software which is primarily speech based often has a hotkey to "jump to next/previous heading".

Incidentally in case you're actually curious how it turns out there is a rather nice free reader package at www.nvda-project.org, I personally use a commercial one I received when I did a course but I use NVDA as my backup reader for when things go screwy. NVDA also has received a substantial grant from Mozilla which can only be a good thing. It is however Windows only right now, though I believe there is a reader built into Mac OS from Tiger onward and recent versions of Gnome on Linux.

That's very odd. There's no javascript in the site at all. The hover over is merely a way of making the top menu links switch to a highlighted image when you pass over them. The technique's certainly not my own invention - I copied it off the O'Reilly site so I imagined it was a pretty common technique. Oh well, nobody misses much by not having them, it probably just looks odd.

The only image on the site that has any intrinsic value is the "Oops" left-column image on the Clue page. It's a snail on a road looking at these two big headlamps coming toward it. It's kind of sad, but it sums up what the CLUE files, nicely

On the subject of which, people should feel free to email me some more as there's plenty of space for them. They don't *have* to be from Shadowrun games - any RPG will do.

@cx2 Thanks for the pointers, re: accessibility. I'm not a webdesigner, but I am in a position to make sure that some people consider these things when they put together sites for me. So I'll be able to use this tech to ensure they're doing their jobs right. Cheers!

-Khadim.

Looks good; the new navigation interface will take some getting used to, but I have no complaints.

My housemate just deleted my website! :banghead:

I think I've got everything restored but if anyone finds anything missing, please let me know.

Thanks,

-Khadim.

The NOCLUES link results in "500 Internal Server Error" for me.

Well there's an error log on my webserver. I don't understand what any of it means. I'll beat my housemate until he fixes it. (For non-violent definitions of "beat")

Thanks for pointing it out.

-K.

Some non-violent definitions have interesting connotations as well.

Well one could employ/use a leather with metal tip cat o nine tails, wear a leather harness/clothes, beat in sync with Maschisim Tango
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WMS

Pretty much every pdf Shadowrun gives me an Error

Not Found
The requested URL /content/shadowrun/knasser_house_rules.pdf was not found on this server.

Ect.

I'm Running Firefox 3 Beta 5 on a Vista Rig, so that might be the problem

Edit: Nope, the D&D stuff works fine. Art is a dead link though

- The NOCLUES section works now.

- I get file not found errors on the pdfs, too. Setup is XP Pro and Firefox 2.0.0.13, usually no problems. Wrong directory or missing files?

People, this is short notice, I know but... I'M TAKING MY SITE DOWN FOR THE FINAL TIME!

It's been fun while it lasted, but you'll probably notice that I haven't been posting here much recently. I simply am too busy with real world life to be creating new material at the moment. As the site was primarily my way of sharing my new material with everyone, there's less reason to keep it going for me any more save charitableness. And though I'm charitable I hope, I don't want to keep paying for the hosting for a legacy site.

This is to let people know that they should grab whatever they want while they can. I'll package up the Shadowrun material from the site when I have time and can send it as an archive to anyone who wants it, or maybe I'll ask my mate to host it as a torrent. The site will be going down sometime this evening (probably). Apologies for the short notice. I still like Shadowrun, but I haven't played it since last year now, so I think it's time to pack it away for a bit.

Sincere thanks to all those who took the time to send me feedback on my work,

Peace on you all,

Khadim Nasser.

*Grabs everything greedily without concern for bandwidth*

Thanks for the heads up, sorry you can't keep it going.

Some really good stuff here!

I'm at work now, and have a graduation tonight, so doesn't look like I'll be able to get it all.

Guess I'll have to wait for an archive version.

Hope we'll still see you around here tho Khadim. I enjoy your ideas.

QFT

Don't stay gone.

Wow! Such fast (and kind) replies.

I'll set up a fat zip file or something and I'm sure a friend will host it for me. I'll let everyone know when I've done that.

I'd be honored to archive your stuff on my site. I've got plenty of space.

EDIT: Or not, if you've already made arrangements. =i)

No, no! If you're offering, that would be great! I've just zipped it up and it comes to about 8MB. (It compresses alot). Can I email that to you? You can put it on the site however you like - as a zip, as separate files in the appropriate sections, whatever. It's pretty much all PDF's so my name is still in there for the attribution, which is all I care about.

My email is K@knasser.me.uk (still) if you want to drop me a line. I'd really appreciate this and obviously because it would be on a Shadowrun site, people would find it more easily. Hopefully it would be a good thing for your site as well.

Let me know,

K.

</lurk mode>

Oops, too late already!

Well, I already had most of it.


Let me just add to the "Thank Yous" you had lots of nice stuff there. I particularly liked the Eden the Dancer and all the free spirits. Crescendo was also really nice.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

<lurk mode>

dammit, i knew i forgot something after having to reformat my system <.< . .

Thank you knasser, your site helped me out especially GM'ing. Sorry to see it go, but I hope you stay around.

Agreed.

Khadim, you're site was awesome. Sad to see it go, but I agree RL concerns take precedence. Glad someone else could pick it up. Hopefully you can get a game in some time. If you're ever in California, or I get sent off somewhere near you...

...we'll roast some hot dogs or somethin'

Ditto.

I enjoyed it a lot.

Good luck

Ditto.

I enjoyed it a lot.

Good luck

This is so sad! I know there's stuff on there that I was interested in but never got around to looking at. I certainly hope Aaron (or someone else) hosts the materials or it's archived and downloadable somehwere. I saw the announcement too late to grab it all myself.

Aaron, if you two do work out an arrangement, I hope you will make a new thread and let folks know it's up. I am sure there will be a lot of interest in the future.

Thanks for all the hard work, Knasser. I've always valued your insight in to the game.

Vlad

Ho damn, I missed that.
Well, I hope someone will make an archive of it...
I can provide a mirror eventually.

Thanks for your work knasser, and good luck with whatever you'll be doing now

Damn,and I was hoping to get my hands on the 'cold blood' adventure. I 'm planing to start GMinf and wanted that to be my groups first run,any one have a copy they can send me?

Actually, I think I have it on my HD.. let me take a look.

Vlad

ETA: Nope. I am sure I have it, but it must be on my other system which isn't accessible right now. Sorry!

V

Responded to privately.

Files sent and email returned.

Super Privately (Aaron will understand).

If anyone emails me with their address, I can send them copies of whatever they wanted. My email is K@knasser.me.uk .

-K.

i am taking you up on your offer knasser!
i sent you a mail with (dumpshocked) in the title so you can see it's not neccessarely spam ^^
just put everything in there if you find the time to do so, maybe i'll get over myself and try to do some webspacing and webdesigning and will rehost your stuff too, if you don't mind . .

I'll be adding knasser's stuff to the Web site as soon as I sort it all out, which might even be today.